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NATIONAL HONOURS ACT, 1964 1964, No. 5 AN ACT TO MAKE PROVISION WITH RESPECT TO TITLES OF HONOUR, DECORATIONS AND OTHER DIGNITIES. [1st October, 1963] BE IT ENACTED by the Legislature of the Federation of Nigeria in this present Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as follows : 1.-(1) Subject to the provisions of subsections (4) and (6) of this section, the President may by warrant make provision for the award of titles of honour, decorations and dignities (hereafter in this Act collectively referred to as "honours"). (2) Without prejudice to the generality of the powers confe…